How do I get a male voice?

[sorcererdale]

Since the new update I have not been able to find the male voice I had. I also had to get a replacement phone, so I am not sure which or if both are the issue. I don't want the female voice that is on Waze. I want the one I had before, called Michael from USA, which I downloaded but don't know if that was what was on my Waze before the update and replacement phone.

How does one change the person's voice on Waze?

[CBenson]

Where are you? What phone do you have? What are your current options under Menu>Settings>General>Navigation guidance?

[WeeeZer14]

(Beat by CBenson...)
Also play with Menu > Settings > Sound > Navigation Guidance which will change the options available in the first menu.

[sorcererdale]

Either I missed that before or it just popped in there, but I found a male voice. I will be trying it within the next hour. Thank you. Sometimes things so obvious are hard to find.

[brianp6621]

I sorta just ran into this and I think how Waze handles this is awkward.

When my wife and I were travelling together I noticed that her app would say
"Caution: Car stopped on the shoulder ahead"

while mine would say
"Hazard ahead"

I couldn't find ANY settings that appear to be related. I also realized I couldn't find how to change my voice from a man to woman anymore. It wasn't until I fiddle with the navigation guidance from "Directions only" to "Including street names" that the voice selection became visible again and that my phone started saying the whole event at hazards.

I find this incredibly unintuitive and non-obvious. That setting seems to imply it only has to do with routing (street names/Navigation guidance) not that it should have any impact on the hazards that are announced in general UN-routed driving or the voices you can select for ALL audio alerts.

I really think waze should clarify the voice options in the future.

[AlanOfTheBerg]

I find this incredibly unintuitive and non-obvious. That setting seems to imply it only has to do with routing (street names/Navigation guidance) not that it should have any impact on the hazards that are announced in general UN-routed driving or the voices you can select for ALL audio alerts.

Yes, you're correct. There are a few different app settings which are non-intuitive. We're hoping to keep squashing these, but Waze is more focused on new features, and fixing or adding settings isn't something they've been interested in doing for ... years.